Combined bayonet and telescope.



No. 813,677. PATENTED'FEB. 27, 1906. P. STILLWBLL.

COMBINED BAYONET AND TELESCOPE.

, APPLICATION riLBn MAR.17, 1905.

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PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

F. W. STILLWELL. COMBINED BAYONET AND TELESCOPE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.17, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27,190

Application filed M an 17, 1905. Serial No. 260.646.

It is my intention to provide a device which may be attached to the barrel of a gun, such as a rifle-gun, in an ordinary and well-known manner when being used as a bayonet, the' body portion of the bayonet being tubular in construction and containing a lens, so that the device may also be employed as a telescope when the occasion requires. also in view so mounting the device. when employed as atelescope that it may be elevated and adjusted to com ensate for vari- 1ailziions in the velocity of t e wind and the To the accomplishment of these and others ends my invention consists in the construc-' tion, combination, and arangement of-parts .set forth in and falling within scope of the ap ended claims.

11 the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in all the I views. 1

Figure 1 shows the device attached to a rifle of the Kra Jorgensen type and in for use asa ayonet. Fi .2 showsa ayonet attached to a rifle-barre with the ordinary bayonet-sleeve, such as is used in connection with the S ringfield rifle. Fig. 3 shows the position o a bayonet when used as a telescope, the body being reversed and secured alongside the rifle-barrel at or near the stock thereof. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view,

partly in section, showing the construction of the bayonet-tube and showing the lens positioned in the bayonet, such view also illustrating the manner of securing the bayonet-tip to the tubular body. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of the bayonet-tip. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the lens. Fig. 8 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken through the mounting employed for supporting the device as a telescope alongside the barrel of the-gun.

Fig. 9 is a view of the guard ofthe bayonet,

and Fig. 10 shows a portion of a bayonety having a slot for securing the same to the rifle-barrel.

I have osition -also employ a Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the numeral 5 indicates the v stock ofa rifle, and the barrel thereof is shown at 6. In Fig. 1 this barrel 6 is of-the type used in connection with the Krag-Jorgensen arm, being distinguished by having the headed'stud 7 secured thereto, said stud being designed to secure the bayonet to the barrel. In Fig. 2 the rifle-barrel 6 may be considered as apart of the Springfield arm, and the bayonet in this ty e is ada ted to be connected to the barrel tiirough ti ie medium of the ordinarybayonet sleeve and catch 8.

In Fig. 4 I have shown my improved bayonet and telescope in detail, and in such view the letter A indicates the body portion of the bayonet, which, as will be noted, is tubular in form and tapers from the end 9 toward the outer end 10, so that such tube is of relatively greater cross-diameter at its end portion. 9 than at 10. At the reduced end portion 10 of the tube the interioris threaded, as at 11, to receive the screw-stud 12, rigidly fixed to the bayonet-tip 13. This tip, which may be of any desired shape in cross-section, has a number of faces or'sides- 14 gradually ta ering to a sharp point 15. W1thin the cy drical tubular portion of thebody of the bayonet I secure a plurality oflenses, the large lens 1 6 having its frame 17 arranged near the relatively wide end of the tube, while the small lens 19 is secured with its frame 20 near the tip end ortion. These lenses are of an a proved o aracter and are provided wit tliie ordinary cross-hairs 21." In Fig. 4 I have shown the body A provided with an under plate or pommel 22, having a T-shaped slot When used in connection with the Springfielfi oye an arm, an ordinary bayonet 8 is em is sli ped over the barrel .6 and ed thereto 5 in t e usual manner. When employed in connection with the Kra Jorgensen arm, I

ard 24, w 'chis shown in detail in Fig. 9, t e position of such guard when used in connection with the barrel and rifle being shown in Fig. 1. As will be seen by referring to the said Fig. 9, this guard comprises an elongated plate having openings 25 and 26 cut therein, the opening 25 being designed for the passage'of the body portion of the bayonet, while that at 26 is adapted to permit the extremeend of the rifle-barrel 6 to project therethrough.

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When the combined bayonet and telescope is unscrewed and removed from the tube and the direction of the latter is reversed, and

such tube is secured to the side of the barrel or on top thereof alongside the stock. While I may employ any suitable means for so ,mounting the device, I refer to employ the mechanism shown clear y in detail in Fig. 8. This supporter is adjustable to provide for elevation, variations in the velocity of the -wind, and the like, and, referring to said figure, the numeral 27 indicates a block similar to the side plate of the rifle, as shown in Fig. 1, said block having an open central portion 28 and a slotted top plate 29-. Within the open portion 28 is mounted the sliding block 30, operated by means of the screw -31, having a small thumb-wheel 32. -Rotatably mounted upon the block 30 is a sleeve 33, referably conical inform, the interior surace of said sleeve being threaded to receive the-sorew-threaded post 34, which post carries a split ring 35, having a small adjustingnut 36'. The tube forming the body of the telescope is clam ed within the split ring 35, and b rotatin t e screw-rod 31 the block 30 may e shifte to move the mounted parts carrying the telescope toward and from the rifle-barrel. In orde to elevate the telescope, it is only necessary to rotate the sleeve 33, which is looselysecured to the block 30 by the screwin 37 and the threaded post 34 will be fe vertically up and down in the sleeve, as may be desired. It ma be necessa to support the larger end of the tube, an in such case a catch or support 38 may be secured through means of the small clampingbracket 39 to the stock of the rifle.

It will be noted that b reversing the direction of the cylindrica' tube the smaller lens is brought close to the e e, and the article ma then be used as a telescope. I wish it to e understood that I do not confine myself in this invention to the precise manner herein recited of securing the article in place either when used as a bayonet or as a telescope; nor do Ilimit myself to the precise details of construction regarding the tube, the location of the lens, or the tip thereof.

The many advantages incident to my improved construction willbe readily appreciated,especiallybythosefamiliarwithmilitary afiairs, as the article when used as a bayonet will increase the length of the modern rifle now in use and will increase the Weight of the arm to but a comparatively slight degree, owing to the body of the bayonet being tubular in form, and at the same time when the tip is removed and the article placed in position to be used as a telescope greater accu} racy in shooting will be attained, while with such a mounting'as I have described allowance may be made for variations in the velocity of the wind and elevation. It will further be noted that the article ma be added or fixed to any of the modern mi itary rifles without in any way changing the construction or form of such rifles.

' What I claim is I I 1. A device of the class described comprising both a telescope and a bayonet, and means for adjustably securing the device alongside a gunebarrel.

2. A device of the class described comprising a tubular bodyportion, a removable ba onet-tip, and a magnifying-lens within t e body portion.

3. A device of the class described comprising a tubular body portion, means for attaching the same to the barrel of a rifle or similar arm, magnifying-lens within the body portion, and a removable bayonet-tip for the ody portion.

4. A device of the class described comprising the tubular body portion, aplurality of lenses held s aced apart within the body portion, means or securing said body portion to a rifle or similar arm, and a removable bayonet-tip designed to be secured at the end of the tubular portion.

' 5. A device of the class described comprising a tubular body'portion, lenses arranged within the bod portion, a bayonet-tip secured at one en of such body, means for detachably securing the body-tube to the bar rel of a rifle or the like, and a guard having seats for both the barrel of the rifle and the tubular body.

6. A device of the class described comprising a tapering tubular body portion, a rela tively large lens secured within the body ortion near-the large end thereof, a second ens secured within the body portion near the narrowed end .thereof, a removable bayonet-tip threaded into the narrowed end of such tubular body portion, and means for detachably securing the device to a rifle.

7. The comb nation with a rifle or similar arm, of a combined bayonet and..telescope IIC comprising a tubular body portion, a ba onet-tip therefor, lenses arranged within t e body portion, means for securing such body portion to the end of a rifle-barrel, and means for securing such'bod portion in a reversed position to the riflew en the tip is removed and the device is used as a telescope.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 

